Administrator's Guide

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide xiii
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About This Document
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Key terms for Access Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
How this document is organized
This document is a procedural guide to help SAN administrators configure and manage Brocade
Access Gateway (AG).
This preface contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Access Gateway Basic Concepts” describes the Brocade Access Gateway and
provides an overview of its key features.
• Chapter 2, “Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode” describes how to configure ports in
Access Gateway mode.
• Chapter 3, “Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode” describes how to
enable policies on a switch in Access Gateway mode. It also provides information on how to set
up failover and failback, and discusses how trunking and Adaptive Networking work in AG.
• Chapter 4, “SAN Configuration with Access Gateway” describes how to connect multiple
devices using Access Gateway.
• Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” provides symptoms and troubleshooting tips to resolve issues.